Robert Montgomery received his second Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a boxer on the verge of a championship who is brought to heaven 50 years too soon by an overeager angel (Edward Everett Horton). When the angel's supervisor (Claude Rains) returns the pugilist to earth in a new body, he gains a second chance to fight for the title. The 1941 film was nominated for six other Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won two statues, for Best Screenplay and Best Original Story. Indeed, Harry Segall's story is so good, that Warren Beatty scored a huge hit with it 37 years later by recasting the boxer as a quarterback in Heaven Can Wait.